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Was very sony to hear you had been sick. Hope you will be quite weli before this arrives. Will enclose skein marking cotton, could not get any finer. Accept everlasting love from Father and Auntie. E. W. Lunt Henry and Ellen returned early in 1887 from Henry's mission to England. They found a campaign of bitter persecution still being waged against the L.D.S. men who had entered into plural marriage. In March of 1887, Congress passed a still more ngid measure to suppress polygamy, known as the "Edmunds-Tucker Law." This carnpaign lasted throughout the entire time President Taylor was head of the church. Hundreds of homes were broken up, and the fathers and husbands were sent to pnson. Many of the leaders of the church were &ven into exile. Women were sent to pnson for "contempt of court" because they refused to testi@ against their husbands. There developed what was temed the "segregation niling." This was a d i n g of the courts that separate indictments might be found against a man for every day he was found g d t y of living with a plural wife, which amounted to an announcement that a man who practiced polygamy, or even attempted to provide for his several *es, might, by an accumulation of separate charges, be sent to pnson for life. Also, the govemment required the church to pay high rental fees to retain its properties. The faithful payment of tithes was the only thing that kept it going, as the church was under heavy financial stress. Elder Wilford Woodruff found it necessary to go into exile and he said: "1 am a wanderer from home because of my religion. It is not the fkst time 1have been a wanderer in the wilderness for the Gospel's salce." However, he appeared in public on special occasions. On the first of January 1885, he took part in the dedication of the Bngham Young College at Logan. On the 14th, he found it necessary to go into exile again, along with al1 the Presidency and most of the Twelve Apodes. Stake Presidents, bishops of wards, and other leading rnen were rapidly fdhg up prisons or hiding out with friends.' The feelings of resentment among the Mormons were high. They understood, more and more, President Taylor's words at the beginning of the "cmsade" when he told them that nothing could be done except to
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| Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
| Source | Henry Lunt |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1996 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Publisher | Published by the author: Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lunt.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1072.cpd |
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